

What Time Will Carlos Alcaraz Play Against Holger Rune?
Alcaraz and Rune are on the Day 7 Schedule at Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell 2025 on Sunday 20 April 2025. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
Carlos Alcaraz from Spain and Holger Rune from Denmark will be facing each other in the upcoming match. Alcaraz currently leads the head-to-head record against Rune with a score of 2-1. They have played against each other in three previous matches, with Alcaraz winning two of them.
Their first encounter took place at the Next Gen ATP Finals in Italy, where they played on a hard court. Alcaraz emerged victorious with a score of 4-3(6) 4-2 4-0. The second match was at the ATP Masters 1000 in Paris, France, where they played on a hard court again. This time, Rune won the match with a score of 6-3 6-6 RET. Their most recent meeting was at Wimbledon in Great Britain, on a grass court. Alcaraz won that match with a score of 7-6(3) 6-4 6-4.
Carlos Alcaraz, at the age of 21, is currently ranked as the world number 2 and has achieved a career-high ranking of number 1. In the year 2025, he has a record of 24 wins and 4 losses, winning two titles. Alcaraz has been particularly successful in Barcelona, with a record of 14 wins and 1 loss, and he has won titles in 2022 and 2023.
Alcaraz holds several notable records and achievements. He became the youngest and the first teenage world number 1 and year-end number 1 in the history of the PIF ATP Rankings. He achieved this feat in September 2022 at the age of 19, rising from number 32 at the end of 2021. He held the top spot for a total of 36 weeks. Alcaraz also became the youngest men’s champion at the US Open since Pete Sampras in 1990 and the youngest champion at any Grand Slam event since Rafael Nadal in 2005. He won the 2024 Roland Garros by defeating Jannik Sinner in the semifinals and Alexander Zverev in the final, becoming the youngest man to win a Grand Slam title on all three surfaces. He also defeated 7-time champion Novak Djokovic in the 2023-24 Wimbledon finals and became the second man in the Open Era to win his first four Grand Slam finals. Additionally, he won a silver medal at the Paris Olympics, becoming the youngest Olympic men’s finalist since 1904.
Furthermore, Alcaraz holds the records for being the youngest ATP 500 champion at the 2022 Rio de Janeiro tournament and the third-youngest ATP Masters 1000 champion at the 2022 Miami tournament. He also became the youngest player to defeat both Nadal and Djokovic at the same clay-court event, achieving this at the 2022 Madrid tournament where he won his second ATP Masters 1000 title.
Currently, Alcaraz is on a nine-match winning streak after winning the Monte-Carlo title. He has a remarkable record of 29 wins and 1 loss on Spanish clay courts since the start of the 2022 season. His only loss was to Andrey Rublev in the ATP Masters 1000 Madrid quarterfinal last year. Alcaraz aims to become the first man to win three ATP Tour titles this season and the fourth man to win three Barcelona titles in the Open Era.
On the other hand, Holger Rune, 21 years old from Denmark, is currently ranked as the world number 13 with a career-high ranking of number 4. In the year 2025, he has a record of 15 wins and 9 losses, reaching two finals. Rune has a record of 4 wins and 1 loss in Barcelona, and he won his most recent title in Munich in 2023, which was his second title above ATP 250 level after his triumph at the 2022 ATP Masters 1000 in Paris.
Rune achieved various milestones in his career. As a former world number 1 junior, he broke into the top 100 in January 2022, the top 50 in May 2022, and the top 10 in November 2022. He became the highest-ranked Dane in PIF ATP Rankings history, reaching a peak ranking of number 4 in August 2023. Rune won the 2022 ATP Masters 1000 Paris title at the age of 19, making him the first player since the start of the ATP Tour in 1990 to earn five top-10 wins at an event other than the Nitto ATP Finals. He had a successful run in ATP Masters 1000 events from 2022 Paris to 2023 Rome, with a record of 18 wins and 5 losses, including runner-up results in Monte-Carlo and Rome. Rune also has a notable record against top-5 players on clay, with a 5-4 win-loss record.
In their current statistics at the 2025 Barcelona tournament, Alcaraz has hit 6 aces, 56 winners, and 90 unforced errors. He has won 86% of his net points and has a first-serve percentage of 71%. Alcaraz has won 72% of his first-serve points and 52% of his second-serve points. He has won 85% of his service games and saved 60% of break points. In terms of returns, he has won 44% of first-serve return points and 56% of second-serve return points. Alcaraz has won 42% of return games and converted 52% of break points. He has spent a total of 5 hours and 53 minutes on court.
Rune, on the other hand, has hit 7 aces, 84 winners, and 98 unforced errors. He has won 79% of his net points and has a first-serve percentage of 64%. Rune has won 70% of his first-serve points and 58% of his second-serve points. He has won 88% of his service games and saved 72% of break points. In terms of returns, he has won 41% of first-serve return points and 53% of second-serve return points. Rune has won 41% of return games and converted 55% of break points. He has spent a total of 6 hours and 4 minutes on court.
In summary, Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune will face each other in an upcoming match. Alcaraz currently leads the head-to-head record 2-1. Alcaraz is an up-and-coming player with impressive achievements and records, while Rune has also had noteworthy success in his career. The match promises to be an exciting encounter between these two talented players.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Alcaraz will win.
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